CNN has accepted Donna Brazile's resignation as a contributor after new hacked emails showed she tipped off Hillary Clinton's campaign.

CNN has accepted Donna Brazile's resignation as a contributor after new hacked emails showed she tipped off Hillary Clinton's campaign about likely primary debate questions.

"CNN never gave Brazile access to any questions, prep material, attendee list, background information or meetings in advance of a town hall or debate. We are completely uncomfortable with what we have learned about her interactions with the Clinton campaign while she was a CNN contributor," CNN spokeswoman Lauren Pratapas said in a statement.

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The network said the move happened on Oct. 14, after WikiLeaks first released emails stolen from Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta that showed Brazile had sent along questions to Clinton's campaign.

CNN has cut ties with Donna Brazile. (Joe Raedle/AP)

But its decision to go public with the statement came shortly after more WikiLeaks emails showed that earlier exchange to be part of a pattern. In early March, before an upcoming CNN town hall, she suggested Clinton work on her explanation that she approves of the death penalty.

The network said the move happened on Oct. 14, after Wikileaks first released emails stolen from Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta that showed Brazile had sent along questions to Clinton's campaign. (Charlie Neibergall/AP)

Brazile had been a CNN contributor as a Democratic strategist for much of the election cycle. She was pressed into duty to chair the Democratic National Committee after other hacked emails forced then-chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz to step down, at which time she took a break from her CNN gig.